Danny Willett

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Daniel John Willett
Danny Willett
Personnel
Nation: EnglandEngland England
Nickname: Danny
Career data
Professional since: 2008
Current tour: European Tour (since 2009)
Tournament wins: 7th
Major wins : 1 (2016)

Daniel "Danny" John Willett (born October 3, 1987 in Sheffield , England ) is a professional golfer on the European Tour . In April 2016 he won his first major championship with the Masters in Augusta .

amateur

As an amateur Willett was able to win the English Amateur Championship in 2007 and was a member of the Walker Cup team. In 2008 he led the world rankings for amateurs.

professional

In 2008 Willett switched to the professional field. He obtained the tour ticket for the European Tour in 2009 through the Qualifying School . With 8 top ten placements and a 58th place in the money list, he successfully completed his first year as a professional. In 2012 he celebrated his first victory on the European Tour with the BMW International Open in Cologne.

Masters victory 2016

Willett was able to secure his first major win at the Masters with a final round with 5 strokes under par. He benefited from a collapse of last year's winner Jordan Spieth when he lost his lead within the 3 holes of the "Amen Corner" with 5 strokes on hole 10 . Spieth undermined u. a. a score of 7 strokes on the short par 3 of the 12th hole. Willett was then able to win the tournament 3 strokes ahead of Jordan Spieth and his compatriot Lee Westwood . He was the first English Masters winner since Nick Faldo in 1996.

Amateur victories (4)

  • 2007 Yorkshire Amateur, English Amateur Championship
  • 2008 Australian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Spanish Amateur Open Championship

Professional victories (7)

PGA Tour (1)

European Tour (7)

Major championships are in bold .

Results at major championships

competition 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T38 1 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP T40 T30 T54 T79 CUT CUT T41
US Open DNP DNP DNP DNP T45 CUT T37 WD CUT T12
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP T15 CUT T6 T53 76 T24 T6

DNP = not started
WD = withdrawn (given up)
CUT = cut missed
"T" = shared rank
yellow for top 10, green for victory

Participation in team competitions

amateur

  • Jacques Léglise Trophy (for Great Britain & Ireland): 2005
  • Walker Cup (for Great Britain & Ireland): 2007

professional

See also

Web links

Commons : Danny Willett  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Scheffler: Willett manages the sensation. In: FAZ.net . April 11, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Willett, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willett, Daniel John; Willett, Danny John (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English golfer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield , England